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Room Enough for One Sheriff: Conflict with Ryan Leads to Greenberg’s Ouster; Clash Similar to One from Yankees’ Past

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Business and Finance, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , , , on March 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) You don’t mess with Nolan Ryan, at least not in Texas. Today, former Rangers’ managing partner and CEO Chuck Greenberg learned that lesson the hard way. I have great respect for the Texas Rangers franchise and am enormously proud of […]

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The ABCs of Baseball’s Next CBA

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, MLB, NFL, tagged on March 4, 2011 | 3 Comments »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) Over the past two days, the NFL and its players association have been engaged in a high stakes game of chicken. Will the league lock the players out? Will the union decertify first and force the fate of a new […]

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Striking a Balance: Comparing U.S. and European Sports Leagues

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, International, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on March 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

In a recent article for Slate, soccer columnist Brian Phillips took an interesting look at the fine line that sports leagues must walk when determining the appropriate balance between greatness and parity. Phillips ironically juxtaposes the cut throat nature of soccer leagues in socialist-leaning Europe against the more egalitarian leagues in capitalistic America. According to […]

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Mets’ Financial Mess Deepens Appreciation for Boss’ Empire Building; Execs Like Levine Also Worthy of Acclaim

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, Mets, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on February 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The news for the Mets keeps getting worse. Although most people expected a steady stream of pessimism to emanate from between the white lines, it’s really the organization’s bottom line that has been the greatest cause for concern. By now, everyone should be familiar with Fred Wilpon’s entanglement in Bernie Madoff’s massive financial fraud, but […]

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White Sox GM Puts Ignorance on Display by Advocating Lock Out

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, tagged , on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

It must be something in the Chicago water? White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen is best known for speaking out of turn, but this time around it’s General Manager Ken Williams who will likely spend the next few days extricating his foot from his big mouth. According to a report on ESPNChicago, Williams called the idea […]

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“We’re Not the Yankees”: Cardinals Have Only Themselves to Blame for Economic Situation; Like Stan the Man Before Him, Pujols Deserves To Be Paid

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on February 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »

After agreeing to table contract extension talks with Albert Pujols until after the 2011 season, St. Louis Cardinals’ owner Bill DeWitt Jr. lamented, “We’re not the Yankees”. Although that statement is literally true (unless the Steinbrenners secretly sold the team over the winter), the Cardinals have historically been thought of as the “Yankees of the […]

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NFL Players Need to Learn Lesson from MLB Counterparts: They Are at “War”

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, MLB, NFL, tagged , on January 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

They have chosen to start the war. They have fired the gun.” – MLBPA Executive Director Marvin Miller, quoted by AP, February 20, 1981 “We are at war!” – NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, quoted by The New York Times, January 22, 2011 As the NFL and the NFLPA careen toward what seems like an […]

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